Did it die?

So i used to always use techpb, like everyday, but i quit playing paintball for a year due to private school. so im just wondering did techpb die? seems like not many videos posted like before, and the website seems dead

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Its not full on dead but facebook is hurting both Techpb and Nation. Nation is still slightly more active because of the BST and the really long term established members. Techpb is just much smaller than it once was.

"I'm the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you."

Absolutely. I remember back a few years I'd get on chat and there would always be 10-15+ people on around 5-6pm. Now there's almost nobody in chat anymore let alone the forums. I don't even know what happened.. the numbers just began to dwindle.

"They found me in an alley way, trying to re-enter the Earths' atmosphere in an old refrigerator box."

Yeah, I'd say it's pretty dead, kinda like what happened with the spec. ops forums. It was pretty big at one time and within like a year it died out. I always liked these forums, so I hope it can be revived somehow.

Absolutely. I remember back a few years I'd get on chat and there would always be 10-15+ people on around 5-6pm. Now there's almost nobody in chat anymore let alone the forums. I don't even know what happened.. the numbers just began to dwindle.

Well fun fact, we didn't really all die. A lot of us went to facebook. We have a group there. Newbies ask questions all the time. For me nothing has really changed. If anything, facebook has made it easier for me to give advice because it is easier to use.

It's really been circling the drain even since this thread was started. I hope everyone is outside playing paintball. There's 2 people on now including me and I'm old and outside the target demographic for the forum.

"That blew so hard all my old Nintendo games started working again."~Dstyles75

Instagram has huge bst pages going on, it much easier than creating a forum account, that's why everyone goes to facebook and such. Also forums can be pretty scary when first joining. And I also meant mcarterbrown is also struggling. It just has more old school supporters. Icd owners is DEAD

I don't think it got dropped, I think they just merged videos into Paintball Chatter.

We consolidated the forums. As unfated33 stated that is all that occurred. Trying to get the activity up too many sub forums on mobile did not work well. they were often hidden and made the forums not as user friendly. So this is the main reason for the consolidation.

Day 1 member here, been lurking lately thinking that it looked dead unfortunatley. I remember the day we broke the 400-something members online record! I Miss Tech-PB, the forum and Mike's videos. Definintley have to start getting back into paintball again.

Yeah I haven't played in a year I just couldn't afford to and school had to be my number one priority. But now that I have a good paying job I'm considering coming back. So many people are gone from this forum and all my friends have lost interest. Very sad to see, maybe we will all make a comeback.

Im not poor anymore just kinda transitioning a bit. Real Life has a way of changing a man. Actually considering selling my Insight that I literially just got because I have realized how little she's going to be played.

"I'm the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you."

I remember when this site was bumping haha. I would post a topic and have a few pages full of comments in minutes. Its kinda sad to me to log on after not checking the site for 6 or so months and seeing how dead it is. Everybodys right though the internet is way different now than it was back in like 2009-2011 when i remember techpb was killing it. Mike was making a lot more videos back then too.

Edited by Schuppert3, 23 July 2014 - 01:48 AM.

yea I kept seeing banner ads for asianbeaver.com until I cleared my cache

I'm also guilty of not being here as much as I used too. Trying to get ahead in life has a way of putting things on the back burner...it sucks...hopefully I'll be able to buy another setup soon and get to play a couple more times before then end of the year.

I do miss coming on to TechPB and interacting with everyone...

I will fucking cut you AceComets, I will cut you like....paper with......scissors?

I think the biggest detriment to Techpb is that the core group of members is in a transition stage in their lives. A lot of guys that used to be on here all the time while they were in High-School are now transitioning into college and real life.

"I'm the Anti-Christ. You got me in a vendetta kind of mood. You tell the angels in heaven you never seen evil so singularly personified as you did in the face of the man who killed you."

I think the biggest detriment to Techpb is that the core group of members is in a transition stage in their lives. A lot of guys that used to be on here all the time while they were in High-School are now transitioning into college and real life.

I agree with this. I'm in this boat.

Last year this time, I was at the field atleast 2 times a week, every week, buying stuff or trading stuff on bst, and staying on top of it. But now, I work 40+ hour weeks. Priority's shifted, and the lady friend enjoys hiking more than paintball.

I think the biggest detriment to Techpb is that the core group of members is in a transition stage in their lives. A lot of guys that used to be on here all the time while they were in High-School are now transitioning into college and real life.

I agree with this. I'm in this boat.

Last year this time, I was at the field atleast 2 times a week, every week, buying stuff or trading stuff on bst, and staying on top of it. But now, I work 40+ hour weeks. Priority's shifted, and the lady friend enjoys hiking more than paintball.

I think the biggest detriment to Techpb is that the core group of members is in a transition stage in their lives. A lot of guys that used to be on here all the time while they were in High-School are now transitioning into college and real life.

Yup. Pretty much what happened here.

yea I kept seeing banner ads for asianbeaver.com until I cleared my cache